Celery and Cashel Blue Cheese Soup

Name: Celery and Cashel Blue Cheese Soup
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 8 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 130g Cashel Blue cheese (available at our Cheesemongers); 1 x Large head of celery; 2 x Medium onion; ½ a head of celeriac; 75g Butter; 1L Good chicken stock; 1 x Bay leaf

8 mins
1 hour
easy
4

Recipe by

Farmison & Co

Ingredients

130g Cashel Blue cheese (available at our Cheesemongers)
1 x Large head of celery
2 x Medium onion
½ a head of celeriac
75g Butter
1L Good chicken stock
1 x Bay leaf

Introduction

This is a vibrant and tangy and light soup that would serve well as a first course to a wonderful fish or poultry main course.

Method

Wash the celery stalks and chop them roughly, peel and roughly chop the onion and celeriac.
Melt the butter in a deep pan, tip in the vegetables and slowly cook for around twenty minutes, until soft.
Pour in the stock, put in the bay leaf and bring to the boil, then lower the heat to a simmer and leave for around 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Put the soup through a blender or food processor till really smooth.
Check for seasoning (be aware that the cheese will be salty when added) and ladle into warm soup bowls.
Crumble the cheese into the soup at the table and stir till partially melted.